Automatic tile cutter
OwnerPietro Loprianoinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an automatic tile cutter (1) comprising a cutting table (31) for receiving a tile (21) to be cut, and at least one cutting tool (59) that is translatably movable along a guide rail (61) and is to cut the tile along a cutting line such that a cut tile and scraps are obtained, characterized in that the tile cutter additionally comprises: —at least a first conveyor (11) for conveying the tile (21) from a tile loading zone (5) to a tile cutting zone (7); —at least two abutments (15) for blocking the movement of the tile (21) in a predefined tile position in the cutting zone; and —an electronic control unit (57) configured to control the positioning of the abutment elements (15) and the cutting tool (59) relative to each other in accordance with predefined cutting parameters and actuate the cutting tool.
Claims14
A tile cutter comprising:
- a cutting table to accept a tile that is to be cut;
- a cutting tool translationally movable along a guide rail and to cut the tile along a cutting line to obtain a cut tile and an offcut;
- a first conveyor to transport the tile from a loading zone where the tile is loaded directly to a tile cutting zone defined on a surface of the cutting table, wherein the first conveyor is borne by a carriage;
- two end stops to halt movement of the tile in the cutting zone by placing the tile in a predefined position;
- an electronic control unit configured to control respective placement of the end stops and of the cutting tool according to predefined cutting parameters and to actuate the cutting tool;
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- pivots having an upper end associated with a wheel supporting the carriage for raising and lowering the first conveyor, the pivots being turned by at least one actuating cylinder to move the first conveyor vertically between (1) an elevated position with respect to the cutting table so that the tile, or the cut tile and the offcut, are borne by the first conveyor and (2) a lowered position so that the tile, or the cut tile and the offcut, rest on the cutting table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.